the intended way to experience the story

So ive been playing since late 2020 and i love lore but i thought for the longest time that the whole story will be in the dainslef interludes and archon quests so i avoided watching any lore explained videos on top of being too lazy to read world/side quests because there was no voicing in them

I caved tho and watched a 46 minute vid and i feel like they would have never talked about all that stuff in the main quests i feel like i missed out on a lot considering i can barely digest the video but then again, i want to experience the lore bombs in game instead of a random person on yt with a script but unsure since so far, theyve only been giving bits and pieces of the full story

I guess im 5 years too late to ask but, what do yall think is the best or intended way to know what is going on and what happened in past events with the primordial one and the 4 shades and whatnot

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OmniOnly2026-01-29 01:08

It's Lore. you have to keep up with it in every instance. weapons, artifacts, gems, quest, location, enviromental and over time. You need memory and a way to piece everything together. You need to read compilations of books, stories, notes and keep up with it. If you can't do that a video of them condensed is much easier to digest.

The intended way is to do the main quest and world quests and hope you don't forget anything. Take it easy and just discuss it with people online so you can learn what you missed. Even Lore youtubers need to compile everything together as Genshin lore is extensive.

WayMove2026-01-29 01:46

I mean i understand why they wudnt put little details about countries and cities in the main story but ud think theyd bring up the shades, sisters, nibelung, etc. Wayyyyy earlier no?

Khoakuma2026-01-29 03:14

IIRC, in one of the dev videos prior to Nod Krai, they addressed this. Too much of Genshin's lore/world building are hidden in obscure item descriptions and in-game books that people will never read. They acknowledged this as an issue, which is why they are changing it up for Nod Krai and integrating heavier lore elements into the main quests, which we are seeing now.

It is late. But better late than never I suppose.

WayMove2026-01-29 03:30

Thats actually awesome i didnt know that

MofoPro2026-01-29 01:13

By not skipping the story

shizen222026-01-29 01:50

Most of the important world quests will all have a colored strip on the left end of their banner in the quest page. Prioritize those over other world quests. If a quest self-unlocks, chances are high that it's important so do the immediate part of the quest right away. Most of those world quests are multi-part so be mindful of your time.

Fit_Industry61822026-01-29 03:04

You skipped side shit, world shit, and non archon/main quest dialogues.

You probably don’t read in-game books, letters, etc.

You don’t like watching YouTube summation videos.

But you came to REDDIT (of all places) to ask “where can I find the lore?”

WayMove2026-01-29 03:34

Do you have a personal rainy cloud that follows you every where, yes ik i skip too much, but its not crazy of me to assume that the Thick of it is in the main story and not on the feather of a 3 star artifact no one uses

Fit_Industry61822026-01-29 03:52

That’s where you’re wrong.

Carbin_Faedyr2026-01-29 08:25

There are dozens of us who share this thought process. While the lore TCers like to look down from their pedestals and refuse to acknowledge hoyo doesn't know how to tell this story.

theweirdarthur2026-01-29 11:28

their pedestal being.... the ability to read?

Carbin_Faedyr2026-01-29 11:32

God forbid someone doesn't find missable collectible books that are hidden around the map. You should not have to find every collectible to have a basic understanding of the story being told in a game.

DasBleu2026-01-29 03:19

Dude once upon a time I was with you. But it’s a lot to keep up with and miss one thing and your chain of inference could be dead wrong. Or Hoyo finally decides to canonize the speculative lore.

Example before 3.0 there was a blurb about Seelie being attracted to humans, but human contact made them loose intelligence and lead adventurers to treasure.

During 3.0 I really thought the Seelie were Lilpour’s children.

During 5.0 they were canonized as something else that I am leaving vague to prevent spoilers.

So I am happy with a video. That I can pause, and cross reference and rewind.

warpknot2026-01-29 03:39

The intended experience is live service style: play the newly introduced story related content - the Archon quests and side quests - watch newly introduced official media like lore drops, teasers, and trailers, then sit on that for weeks and digest what had happened with community or alone before next patch comes. During the downtime, you should have all available info and can mingle with lore content discussions, theories, and test your own as well because we're all digging into a mystery. This is the part where you can relate to said videos you mention and even dig through wiki. It's a timely discussion that can be obsolete by next big patch.

For players who are not up to date and has ton of backlog of quests to complete, or do not intend to finish a quest line, experience will always be compromised. Spoilers are everywhere.

issm2026-01-29 04:57

The intended way to experience the story is to develop a sudden, irresistible, enduring urge to pull for the characters featured.

Mihoyo doesn't give a damn about what order you experience things, or even if you actually experience all the lore.

If they did, they wouldn't have put the lore and story behind at least 3 characters behind limited time quests - all three of which, hilariously enough, have become main quest relevant, and they wouldn't offer you quick starts that let you skip ahead.

Namiko-Yuki2026-01-29 11:49

Following Archon quest means you will only know the general plot of the story. this is like watching the LoTR trilogy you will still have a great time and be able to follow the storyline of the movies without issue.

Following world quests means you will be following the history of locations, and the lore of certain areas as well as overall world lore about Teyvat. This would be like reading the big book of Westmarch you will have a much deeper understanding of all the plot points and the characters especially the ones with long life spans.

Reading the in game books and texts, artefact/weapon/item descriptions this will give you the fullest understanding of the world, its history and many note worthy characters and their deeds. This is the equivalent of reading the Silmarillion.

Genshin took inspiration for its world building from FromSoft games like Darksouls and Bloodborne. where the games have extremely simple plots like "ring the two bells" "reach Anor Londo" "collect lord souls" "collect 2 great runes" "become Elden lord"
And for any 'casual' or 'normal' player the bosses will just be random big bad enemies that stand in your way with little to no story as to why they are there, since all their lore and stories are hidden in item descriptions and never very explicitly explained or detailed in the actual story or cutscenes.
Like Malenia cutscene and dialog makes almost 0 sense and is just a "wow so cool" scene, unless the player knows about Miquella, the scarlet rot, Mohg and the story behind the Haligtree.

Basically comes down to a simple story presentation choice, you don't want to bombard players that don't care much about lore with all the in depth game lore (Varka telling Nico to 'shush' cause he doesn't care)
But you also want the basic lore to be accessible for the people that do want it, and you get it in the form of side quests and world quests.
Then you also want in depth deep lore available to those players that really want to go that deep. while also making sure it is not intrusive for all the players that couldn't give a F about it. Solution is put it in item descriptions and books that interested players can go out of their way to find and read.